Open Wound: Chechnya 1994-2003 [Hardcover]

Stanley Greene (Author)

Book Description

Release date: July 2, 2004

The collapse of Russian communism in 1991 resounded to the shudder of an empire. Soviet imperialism and empiricism was dead and lands, nations, and peoples would henceforth be free from the tyranny of the communist diktat. But it also sounded the death knell of a small, impoverished, and forgotten land-locked state in the Caucasus which had the misfortune to be of geopolitical importance. Stanley Greene's photographs in Open Wound are so powerful as to make Chechnya our responsibility. He is unashamed to use guilt, with his painter's eye, to relate the deeds of men in Chechnya to our own conduct.

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About the Author

Stanley Greene was a painter for many years before turning to photography in 1970. Two years later he enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York, and in 1973 transferred to Image Works in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1975 Greene enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute where he received both a BFA and an MFA in photography by 1980. At the same time he co-founded Camera Work Gallery with five other photographers in San Francisco. In 1980, Greene began working for publications including the San Francisco Examiner and Rolling Stone. In 1986, he moved to Paris.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Trolley Books (July 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904563015
• ISBN-13: 978-1904563013
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 1 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #792,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars "Most Disturbing Work in English" February 21, 2004

By "catfitzny"

Format:Hardcover

Photojournalist Stanley Green's "Open Wound: Chechnya 1994-2003" has recently appeared, arguably the most disturbing work ever to be published in English about the two Chechen wars, with haunting text to accompany pictures that should become as indelible in the mind as the photos of Hiroshima or Vietnam.

From "Escaping the Chechen Quagmire" www.rferl.org/reports/ucs 16 December 2003

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Amazing pictures January 28, 2004

By A Customer

Format:Hardcover

This book is a must for everyone who is interested in the War against Chechnya. Pictures in this book, though not graphic, are very powerful. What the Russians are trying to hide, Stanley Greene exposes it and with class. It is going to be a classic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Anti-War Books of All Time--incredible photography! December 16, 2006

By Daniel O'Donnell

Format:Hardcover

A monumental achievement. OPEN WOUND by photojournalist Stanley Greene is perhaps the greatest visual argument against war to appear in book form since VIETNAM, INC. by Philip Jones Griffiths published in 1971. Courageous less for his obvious proximity to physical danger than for his direct engagement and emotional intimacy with his subjects. As visually stunning as it is politically critical. This is photojournalism of the highest standard.